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G. T. HEDRIGK BAG STOPPER. N0. 245,823. PatentedAug. 16,1881.

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ATTORNEYS.

'UNITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. HEDRIOK, OF \VEAVERTON KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR T HIMSELF AND MARSHALL H. BOHON, OF SAME PLAGE.

BAG-STOPPER.

SPECIFIGATION forming pa.rt of Letters Patent N0. 245,823, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed Mny 7 1881.

T0 all whom it mag concem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. HEDRIOK, of \Veaverton, in the oounty of Wayne. and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bag-Stoppers; and I hereby deolare that the following is a, full, olear, and. exaot description of the same, referenoe being had to the accompanying drawings, forming pa1t of this speoification, in

10 which Figure 1 1's a perspective view, Fig. 2 is a vertical section, und Fig. 3 is a side view, of my improved bagstopper.

My invention relates toimprovements in baugstoppers; and it consists of a short solid cylinder ov disk, externally flanged at top and bottom, with a central circular groove betwoen oho flanges, to receive the upper end of the hag and its drawing-string, the lower flange being provided with two or more holes for attaohing one side of the stoppor to the bag, so as L0 be swung outside ot' the bog aud out of the way of the grain in filling a bag or emptying it,the stopper being also provided with a notoh or i*eceiss in its uppe1 flange, opposite the holes in the lowerfiangefor facilitatingthe tyin g or untying of the knot in the string when the stopper is inserted in themouth of the bag and the string is in its place in the central groove 0 in the stopper, as hereinafter more fully sei;

forth.

In the accompanying dmwings, A represents a short solid cylinder 01 disk, made of wood, metal, or any other suitable material, and pro- 3 5 vided with the upper external flange, a, and 1ower external flange, b, with a central eircular groove, c, between them for thereoepti0n of the upper end of a bang and its drawingstring.

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d (l represent two or more holes made on one side ot' ehe lower flange, b, by means of whioh 0 the Stopper c2in be seoured at one side to one side of the upper end of the bag, and 02111 readily be swung outside of the bag and outofthe wny of the grain in filling und emptying a ba.g.

e represents a. recess o1 notch made in the upper external oircular flange, opposite the holes d d, the function of which notch is to facilitate the tyingor u-ntying of the knot in the string when the stopper 1's in place in themouth of the bagand the string drawn inIo its plaee in the central groove, c, of the stop'per.

The bag as constructed with 2b hem and drawingstring at its moutb will hold as mach as a sowed bag, and by the employment of the stopper, as deseribed, there is a material sav- 5 ing of time over t;he bag sewed ab its mouth.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. As an article of manufaoture, the hagstopper A, provided with the upper external fiange a, having a notch, e, central groove, c, und ]owor external flange, b, having holes d d opposite. the notch e, substnntially as desoribed, and for the purpose set fo1th.

2. 'lhe combination, with a bag hzwing. a drawing-string at its mouth, of the stopper A, secured to one side of t-l1e bog and provided with tho external flangos, a b, holes d d, and notch e, and the oentral groove, 0, substantiall y as described, and f01 the purpose Set forth.

GEORGE T. HEDRIOK.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. SALLEE, WILLIAM I. INGRAM. 

